diff --git a/Include/Python.h b/Include/Python.h
index dd595ea5e4c..1feb1531cc9 100644
--- a/Include/Python.h
+++ b/Include/Python.h
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_CRYPT_H
+#include <crypt.h>
+#endif
 
 /* For size_t? */
 #ifdef HAVE_STDDEF_H
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 03b0f501aff..15ef872a53a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2041,7 +2041,7 @@ dnl AC_MSG_RESULT($cpp_type)
 
 # checks for header files
 AC_HEADER_STDC
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(asm/types.h conio.h direct.h dlfcn.h errno.h \
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(asm/types.h crypt.h conio.h direct.h dlfcn.h errno.h \
 fcntl.h grp.h \
 ieeefp.h io.h langinfo.h libintl.h process.h pthread.h \
 sched.h shadow.h signal.h stropts.h termios.h \